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רֹעַ

Strong’s: H7455

Associated OET lemmas: רֹעַ

Authors: Steve Berneking

Form 1

Part of speech: nsm

Related lemmas: רעע

Sense 1: bad, ugly

Semantic domains: Bad (002001001006)

Core domains: Quality (137)

Definition: = condition of an object that is of such poor quality that it can be observed or evaluated externally

Show passage in OET: GEN 41:19

OET-RV GEN 41:19

19 Then listen, seven other cows came up after them. They were in poor condition and very ugly and skinny—I haven’t seen cows that ugly anywhere in Mitsrayim (Egypt).

OET-LV GEN 41:19

19 And_BEHOLD/LO/SEE seven cows another were_coming _up after_them weak and_displeasing _of form very and_thin _of flesh not I _have _seen like_them in_all the _land _of Miʦrayim/(Egypt) to_badness.

Show passage in OET: JER 24:2

OET-RV JER 24:2

2 One basket of figs was very good like early, ripe figs, but the figs in the other basket were so bad that they weren’t edible.

OET-LV JER 24:2

2 The_basket one was_figs good very like_the _figs _of the _early _figs and_the_basket one was_figs bad very which not they _will _be _eaten from_badness.

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Jump to OET JER 24:2 section.

All 5 recorded passages for this sense

GEN: OET GEN 41:19

JER: OET JER 24:2–3 · OET JER 24:8 · OET JER 29:17

Sense 2: sadness

Semantic domains: Grieve (002001002013)

Core domains: Joy and Grief (093)

Definition: literally: badness of heart; hence: = state in which humans experience an emotion of sadness, often visible in their facial expression

Collocations: רֹעַ לֵב

Show passage in OET: NEH 2:2

OET-RV NEH 2:2

2 and the king asked me, “Why do you look unhappy? I know that you’re not sick so something must be upsetting you.”
¶ I was very scared

OET-LV NEH 2:2

2 And_he/it _said to_me the_king why face _of_is_your sad and_you(ms) not_you are_sick is_not this if/because (if) sadness _of heart and_I _was _afraid greatly very.

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Sense 3: sadness

Semantic domains: Grieve (002001002013)

Core domains: Joy and Grief (093)

Definition: literally: badness of face; hence: = state in which humans experience an emotion of sadness, often visible in their facial expression

Collocations: רֹעַ פָּנִים

Show passage in OET: ECC 7:3

OET-RV ECC 7:3

3 Laughter is better than grief
⇔ because a serious face means that the mind is working.

OET-LV ECC 7:3

3 Is_good vexation more_than _laughter if/because by_sadness _of face a _heart it _will _be _good.

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Sense 4: evil, wickedness, wrong

Semantic domains: Wrong (002001003020)

Core domains: Behavior (017)

Definition: = state in which an event is morally and/or ethically wrong

Show passage in OET: DEU 28:20

OET-RV DEU 28:20

20 Yahweh will send curses against you, and confusion and opposition in everything your country does until you’re destroyed and quickly eliminated because of your evil activities that demonstrate that you’ve abandoned me.

OET-LV DEU 28:20

20 YHWH he _will _send on_you DOM the_curse DOM (the)_confusion and_DOM (the)_rebuke in_all (the)_undertaking _of your _hand _of_your which you _will _do until you_are _destroyed and_unto perish_you quickly from_face/in _front _of the _wickedness _of your(pl)_deeds _of_your which you_have _abandoned _me.

Show passage in OET: SA1 17:28

OET-RV SA1 17:28

28 But when David’s oldest brother Eliav heard him talking to the men, he got very angry and scolded him, “Why have you come down here? Who’s looking after those few sheep that you left in the desert? I know you have a big head and you’re just a troublemaker—you just want to watch the battle.”

OET-LV SA1 17:28

28 And_ ʼElīʼāⱱ his/its_brother (the)_old _he/it _listened when_spoke_he to the_men and_ the _anger of _ʼElīʼāⱱ _it _glowed/burnt on_Dāvid and_he/it _said to/for_what this have _you _come _down and_with whom have _you _left the _fewness _of the _sheep (the)_those in_wilderness I I _know DOM presumption _of_your and_DOM the _wickedness _of your _heart _of_your if/because _that so _as to _see the_battle you _have _come _down.

Jump to OET DEU 28:20 section.

Jump to OET SA1 17:28 section.

All 12 recorded passages for this sense

DEU: OET DEU 28:20

SA1: OET SA1 17:28

PSA: OET PSA 28:4

ISA: OET ISA 1:16

JER: OET JER 4:4 · OET JER 21:12 · OET JER 23:2 · OET JER 23:22 · OET JER 25:5 · OET JER 26:3 · OET JER 44:22

HOS: OET HOS 9:15